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If you're trying to respell Meritxell to make it easier to pronounce, Meritchele is probably the best I can do (as it's not Mary-Shell, has no Mary in it, but is more like murriTCHELL according to the BtN pronunciation). Actually I think it should not be respelled - people should just be taught how Meritxell is pronounced. It's a neat sounding name. Too foreign for me to count it as a fave though. I'd need to know more about its connotations for speakers of the language of origin.

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But if you're looking to invent a similar name based on Mary-Shell ... Marichelle or Merichelle seems to be about right. It makes good use of people's knowledge of how to pronounce Michelle.

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- mirfak